Bag-holder.



B. P. BARNES.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION IILED JULY 1, 1912.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

WITNESSES IHE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTO-LITHO, WASHINGTON. D. c

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BURB F. BARNES, OF WILLIAMSPORT, OHIO.

BAG-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Brian F. BARNES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Williamsport, in the county of Pickaway and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag- Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in corn husking jacks and it relates more particularly to that class of devices of this character which are designed for use in the field as a means for as- 'sisting in the bushing of corn from fodder,

the device being simple in construction adapted to be folded within small compass when not in use and serving, when in use, to support, within convenient distance from a folding table, the corn shocks, bags for receiving the corn as the same is husked.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain, the same consists in the provision of a folding tripod provided with bag supporting hooks so disposed as to permit of the suspension of two bags and, in combination therewith of a folding canvas topped table so positioned relative to the bags as to render it convenient for the operator in husking corn from a shock placed upon the table, as to admit of the convenient disposal of the corn being husked in one of the bags of the corn as it is husked and, at the same time affording a convenient receptacle for the reception of selected ears for seed purposes, the sagging canvas top of the folding table serving to catch and retain corn that is shelled from the ears during the process of husking.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain, the same consists in the peculiar construction and in the novel arrangement and adaptation of parts, all as will be more fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with the nu- Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented Oct.13, 1914.

Application filed. July 1, 1912. Serial No. 706,999.

merals of reference marked thereon, form a use in the field. Fig. 2 is an enlarged per-,

spective view of one. of the bag supporting blocks and its attached bail. Fig. 3 is a like view. of the bail detached, and Fig. i is a side elevation, partly in section, of a portion of the device showing the means for supporting the bag.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by numeral, 1 represents the tripod comprising the standards 2, 3 and 1 which are pivotally connected at their upper ends and adapted to be folded together when not designed for use.

5 is a table, one of its ends being pivoted to the standards 3 and 4; of the tripod, its opposite end provided with a folding support 6, the said support being hinged to the table top and adapted, when not in use, to be folded against the under side thereof. Secured to the inner face of the member 2 of the tripod is a block 7 which carries a wire bail 8, the body portion of the said bail being secured to the block 7 and the hooked upper ends of the bail being adapted to fold over the upper edge of the block and engage the edge of the bag.

9 is a block secured at its ends to the standards 3 and 4 of the tripod. This block is provided with a bag supporting bracket 8 similar to the bracket carried by the block 7,

, the hinged end of the bracket being adapted to engage the open edge of the bag 10 and is provided also with a depending bracket arm 11, the opposite ends 12, 12 of which engage openings in the inner faces of the members 3 and 4 of the tripod, this bail 11 serving as a support for the inner upper edge of a bag 13, the outer face of which bag is in contact with the end of the table 5 and the entrance to the bag upon the side adjacent to the table is cut away as shown at 14.

From the foregoing description, the use of the device will be readily understood. The tripod and its attachments being adjusted as shown in Fig. 1, the corn fodder shock from which corn is to be husked is placed upon the table 5 and, as the corn is husked, the ears are thrown into the bag 10. The bag 13 intervening between the bag 10 and the table is in a position in which to serve as a convenient receptacle for the choice or selected ears of corn which it may be desired to keep separate from the ordinary ears thrown into the bag 10 and the concaved surface ofthe table 5 serves to retain detached kernels that may fall from the ears during the process of husking. When not designed for use, the bags and 13 are removed from their support and the table is folded downward as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The members of the tripod are then folded upon themselves and the device is thus reduced to an exceedingly small compass for convenience in transporting in the field or for storage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A device for holding bags comprising a tripod, oppositely disposed crosspieces, one fastened at its ends to two of said legs and the other to the third leg and having its ends free, eyes fastened to said crosspiece, bailshaped members pivotally mounted in the eyes eyes of said crosspiece, the bail-shaped member upon said crosspiece having its hook ends on opposite sides of the leg to which the crosspiece is attached, the hooks upon the bail-shaped member designed to swing over the edges of the crosspiece and hold the edges of a bag thereover, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BURR F. BARNES. Witnesses J. VVALs'roN, S. B. WALSTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

